The President of the Republic and candidate for reelection Jair Bolsonaro (PL) campaigned today (12) in the two states that have the largest number of voters in the country: São Paulo and Minas Gerais. In the morning, the candidate participated in the inauguration of an evangelical church in Minas Gerais, the second largest electoral college in the country. In the early afternoon, Bolsonaro moved to Aparecida, in the interior of São Paulo, where thousands of Catholic faithful honor the patroness of Brazil, Our Lady Aparecida.
In the Minas Gerais capital, Belo Horizonte, Bolsonaro asked the vote of the churchgoers founded by missionary Valdemiro Santiago, who invited the candidate to attend the event. “If we are succeeding so far, I humbly ask you for this opportunity to, alongside the governor, [Romeu] Zema, we command Minas Gerais and our Brazil”, Bolsonaro told the crowd, from atop a sound car, alongside the governor re-elected in the first round and other political allies.
Bolsonaro again criticized abortion, the possibility of legalizing certain drugs and cited other conservative agendas, such as those involving issues involving customs and sexuality.
“We don’t want our daughter going to the same school bathroom as the kid,” said the candidate, attributing to his opponents the intention to “wear off family values” and reiterated that the Brazilian economy reacted more quickly to the effects of the pandemic and the pandemic. Russian invasion of Ukraine than other countries.
Next, Bolsonaro traveled about 540 kilometers to Aparecida (SP), in Vale do Paraíba, where he arrived in the early afternoon. Accompanied by the candidate for the government of the state of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), by the Minister of Health Marcelo Queirogaand by other supporters, the candidate visited the National Sanctuary Basilica, where he attended the 2 pm mass, in honor of the Day of Our Lady of Aparecida.
